Place:Outline of Australia

Short description: Continent and country

Flag of Australia

Coat of arms of Australia

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Australia:

General reference

Pronunciation: /əˈstreɪliə, ɒ-/ (listen)
Common English country name: Australia
Official English country name: Commonwealth of Australia
Common endonym(s): Australia
Official endonym(s): Commonwealth of Australia
Nicknames / colloquial names: Land Down Under, Oz
Adjectival(s): Australian
Demonym(s): Australian; Aussie (colloquial)
Etymology: Name of Australia
International rankings of Australia
ISO country codes: AU, AUS, 036
ISO region codes: See AU
Internet country code top-level domain: .au

Geography

Geography of Australia

Australia is:
- a continent
- a country
  - a sovereign state
  - a nation state
  - a Commonwealth realm
  - a federation
  - a megadiverse country
Location:
- Earth
- Australia lies between:
- Time zones:
  - Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) – UTC+08
  - Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) – 30
  - Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) – UTC+10
  - Daylight saving time
    - Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT) – 30
    - Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) – UTC+11
  - Unofficial time zones
    - Central Western Standard Time (CWST) – 45
- Extreme points of Australia (mainland)
  - Northernmost Point – Cape York, Queensland (10°41' S)
  - Southernmost Point – South Point, Wilsons Promontory, Victoria (39°08' S)
  - Westernmost Point – Steep Point, Western Australia (113°09' E)
  - Easternmost Point – Cape Byron, New South Wales (153°38' E)
  - Highest Point – Mount Kosciuszko 2,228 m (7,310 ft)
  - Lowest Point – Lake Eyre −15 m (−49 ft)
- Land boundaries: none
- Coastline: 25,760 km
Population of Australia: 27,915,880 people ^[1] (March 2026) – 54th most populous country
Area of Australia: 7,688,287 km² (2,968,464 sq mi) – 6th largest country
Capital of Australia: Canberra
Atlas of Australia
Surveying in Australia

Environment

An enlargeable satellite image of Australia

Environment of Australia

Climate of Australia
- Bushfires in Australia
- Climate change in Australia
- Effects of global warming on Australia
Ecoregions of Australia
Environmental issues in Australia
Renewable energy in Australia
- Geothermal power in Australia
- Solar power in Australia
- Wind power in Australia
Geology of Australia
National parks of Australia
Protected areas of Australia
Wildlife of Australia
- Flora of Australia
- Fauna of Australia
  - Birds of Australia
  - Mammals of Australia

Iconic wildlife of Australia
A koala.
A kangaroo.
The Saltwater crocodile is the largest species of crocodile in the world.
An emu.
Frill-necked lizard.

Geographic features

Islands of Australia
Lakes of Australia
Mountains of Australia
- Volcanoes in Australia
Rivers of Australia
Valleys of Australia
Waterfalls of Australia
World Heritage Sites in Australia

Regions

Ecoregions in Australia

Multi-state regions

Barkly Tableland
Capital Country
Eastern states of Australia
East Coast of Australia
Lake Eyre basin
Murray–Darling basin
Northern Australia
The Nullarbor
Outback
Southern Australia

Administrative divisions

Template:Australia Labelled Map

States and territories of Australia

States

25x15px New South Wales
25x15px Victoria
25x15px Queensland
25x15px Western Australia
25x15px South Australia
25x15px Tasmania

Territories

Mainland territories

25x15px Australian Capital Territory
25x15px Northern Territory
25x15px Jervis Bay Territory

External territories

25x15px Ashmore and Cartier Islands
25x15px Australian Antarctic Territory
25x15px Norfolk Island
25x15px Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
25x15px Coral Sea Islands Territory
25x15px Heard and McDonald Islands

Municipalities

Local government in Australia

Cities of Australia

Demography

State/territory	Land area (km²)	Rank	Population (2025)^[1]	Rank	Population density (/km²)	Rank	% of population in capital	Rank
25x15px New South Wales	801,150	5th	8,593,871	1st	10.49	3rd	64.7%	5th
25x15px Victoria	227,444	6th	7,074,468	2nd	30.18	2nd	75.6%	4th
25x15px Queensland	1,723,030	2nd	5,674,834	3rd	3.18	5th	49.0%	7th
25x15px Western Australia	2,527,013	1st	3,043,731	4th	1.15	7th	78.3%	2nd
25x15px South Australia	984,321	4th	1,902,331	5th	1.89	6th	77.2%	3rd
25x15px Tasmania	68,402	7th	575,960	6th	8.89	4th	44.3%	8th
25x15px Australian Capital Territory	2,358	8th	484,792	7th	198.97	1st	97.7%	1st
25x15px Northern Territory	1,347,791	3rd	264,411	8th	0.19	8th	57.7%	6th

List of Adelaide suburbs
List of Adelaide obsolete suburb names
List of Albany suburbs

List of Brisbane suburbs
List of Bunbury suburbs

List of Canberra suburbs
List of Central Coast, New South Wales suburbs

List of Darwin suburbs

List of Gold Coast suburbs

List of Hobart suburbs

List of Karratha suburbs

List of Mackay suburbs
List of Mandurah suburbs
List of Melbourne suburbs

List of suburbs in Greater Newcastle, New South Wales

List of Perth suburbs

List of Rockhampton suburbs

List of Sunshine Coast Region suburbs
List of Sydney suburbs

Suburbs of Thuringowa City
List of Townsville suburbs

List of Wagga Wagga suburbs and localities
Western suburbs (Melbourne)
List of Wollongong suburbs

Government and politics

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Form of government: Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Capital of Australia: Canberra
Far-right politics in Australia
Political scandals of Australia
Socialism in Australia
Republicanism in Australia
Taxation in Australia

Elections in Australia

Section 44 of the Constitution of Australia
1901 – 1972 – 1974 – 1975 – 1977 – 1980 – 1983 – 1984 – 1987 – 1990 – 1993 – 1996 – 1998 – 2001 – 2004 – 2007 – 2010 – 2013 – 2016 – 2019 – 2022 – 2025
Australian electoral system
- Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
- Australian Electoral Commission
- Compulsory voting
- Preferential voting
- Electorates of the Australian House of Representatives
Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives

Political parties in Australia

List of political parties in Australia

List of historical political parties in Australia

Federal parties

Current major parties/groupings (May 2025)

Australian Labor Party
Liberal Party of Australia
National Party of Australia
Coalition (Australia)

Minor parties/groupings

Australian Greens
Centre Alliance
Australia's Voice
Katter's Australian Party
Teal independents
Independent politicians in Australia

State/territory parties

Queensland

Liberal National Party of Queensland
Queensland Labor Party

Northern Territory

Country Liberal Party

Federal government of Australia

Government of Australia

Separation of powers in Australia

Executive branch

Head of state: King of Australia (King Charles III)
- Head of state's representative: Governor-General (Sam Mostyn)
Head of government: Prime Minister of Australia (Anthony Albanese)
Cabinet of Australia
- Second Albanese ministry (Current ministry as of May 2025)
- List of Australian ministries
Federal Executive Council

Legislative branch

Parliament of Australia
- Australian monarch
- Australian Senate
  - President of the Australian Senate
- Australian House of Representatives
  - Speaker of the House of Representatives
  - Opposition Leader (at last election: Peter Dutton)
- Leader of the Opposition
  - Angus Taylor (As of February 2026)

Judicial branch

Judiciary of Australia

High Court of Australia
Australian court hierarchy
Constitution of Australia

Military

Australian Defence Force (ADF)

Command
- Commander-in-chief: Governor-General as the King's representative.
  - Minister for Defence of Australia (Richard Marles)
Forces
- Army of Australia: Australian Army
- Navy of Australia: Royal Australian Navy
- Air force of Australia: Royal Australian Air Force
- Special forces of Australia
Military history of Australia
Australian Defence Force ranks

Foreign relations

ANZUS
Australia–United States relations
Australia–New Zealand relations
Australia–Indonesia relations
Australia–China relations
Australia–Japan relations
Anglo-Australian relations
Australia and the United Nations

International organisation membership

The Commonwealth of Australia is a member of:^[2]

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (dialogue partner)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum (ARF)
Australia Group
Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty (ANZUS)
Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Colombo Plan (CP)
Commonwealth of Nations
East Asia Summit (EAS)
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (G20)
Informal social partnership (MIKTA)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
International Criminal Court (ICCt)
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
International Development Association (IDA)
International Energy Agency (IEA)
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) (guest)
Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
The Pacific Community (SPC)
Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)
Paris Club
Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (observer)
South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Co-operation Agreement (Sparteca)
United Nations (UN)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT)
United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS)
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO)
Universal Postal Union (UPU)
World Customs Organization (WCO)
World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
World Veterans Federation
Zangger Committee (ZC)

Law and order

Law of Australia

Citizenship
Cannabis in Australia
Constitution of Australia
Crime in Australia
Human rights in Australia
LGBTQ rights in Australia
Referendums in Australia
- 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum

Law enforcement in Australia

National law enforcement agencies
- Australian Border Force (ABF)
- Australian Federal Police (AFP)
- Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC)
- Australian Crime Commission (ACC)
- Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC)
- Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
Regional law enforcement agencies – the following policing agencies are regulated by their respective State or Territory Government and are highly visible:
- Australian Capital Territory Police
- New South Wales Police Force
- Northern Territory Police
- Queensland Police Service
- South Australia Police
- Tasmania Police
- Victoria Police
- Western Australia Police

State and territory governments

The states of Australia are governed by Premiers, and the territories are governed by Chief Ministers.

Governors of the Australian states
Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
Premiers of the Australian states
Government of New South Wales
Government of Queensland
Government of South Australia
Government of Tasmania
Government of Victoria
Government of Western Australia
Government of the Australian Capital Territory
Government of the Northern Territory

Local government

Local government in Australia

History

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Map showing the creation of the colonies/states and mainland territories.

Prehistory of Australia
Australian archaeology
European exploration of Australia
History of Australia (1788–1850)
History of Australia (1851–1900)
History of Australia (1901–1945)
- Federation of Australia
- Australia in World War I
- Australia in World War II
- Stolen Generations
History of Australia since 1945
Constitutional history of Australia
Immigration history of Australia
Postage stamps and postal history of Australia

History of states

History of New South Wales
History of the Northern Territory
History of Queensland
History of South Australia
History of Tasmania
History of Victoria
History of Western Australia

Indigenous Australia

Aboriginal Australians
Torres Strait Islanders
Indigenous Australian cultures
Indigenous Australian languages
Native title in Australia
Uluru Statement from the Heart

Culture

Architecture of Australia
- Architecture of Western Australia
- Australian architectural styles
Australian art
- Indigenous Australian art
Cinema of Australia
Australian cuisine
Dance in Australia
Festivals in Australia
Australian folklore
Humour in Australia
Languages of Australia
- Australian Aboriginal languages
- Australian Aboriginal English
- Australian English
Australian literature
Media of Australia
- Television in Australia
- Cinema of Australia
Music of Australia
- Australian music charts
- Australian country music
- Australian hip hop
- Australian jazz
- Australian rock
- Indigenous Australian music
- Music of immigrant communities in Australia
National symbols of Australia
- Coat of arms of Australia
- Flag of Australia
- National anthems:
  - Official national anthem: Advance Australia Fair
  - Royal anthem: God Save the King
People of Australia
- Australian diaspora
- Australian of the Year
Prostitution in Australia
Public holidays in Australia
World Heritage Sites in Australia
Theatre of Australia

Economy and infrastructure

Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2025): 14th (fourteenth)
Agriculture in Australia
Telecommunications in Australia
- Internet in Australia
Reserve Bank of Australia
- List of pizzerias in Australia
- List of restaurant chains in Australia
Currency of Australia: Dollar
- ISO 4217: AUD
Economic history of Australia
Energy in Australia
- Energy policy of Australia
  - Effects of global warming on Australia
  - Garnaut Climate Change Review
- Coal in Australia
- Carbon capture and storage in Australia
- Geothermal power in Australia
- Solar power in Australia
- Wind power in Australia
Health care in Australia
Median household income in Australia and New Zealand
Mining in Australia
- Coal mining in Australia
Australian Securities Exchange
Tourism in Australia
- Visa policy of Australia
Transport in Australia
- Airports in Australia
- Rail transport in Australia
- Road transport in Australia
- Tunnels in Australia
Water supply and sanitation in Australia

State economies

Economy of New South Wales
Economy of Queensland
Economy of South Australia
Economy of Tasmania
Economy of Victoria
Economy of Western Australia

Education

Homeschooling and distance education in Australia
Public and private education in Australia
Universities in Australia
- Group of Eight

States education

Education in New South Wales
Education in Queensland
Education in South Australia
Education in Tasmania
Education in Victoria
Education in Western Australia
Education in the Australian Capital Territory

Religion and belief systems in Australia

Australian Aboriginal religion and mythology
Irreligion in Australia
Religion in Australia
- Buddhism in Australia
- Christianity in Australia
  - Catholicism in Australia
  - Protestantism in Australia
- Hinduism in Australia
- Islam in Australia
- Judaism in Australia
  - History of the Jews in Australia
- Sikhism in Australia

Sport

Sport in Australia

Australia at the Olympics
Australia at the Commonwealth Games
Football in Australia
- Soccer in Australia
- Australian rules football in Australia
- Rugby union in Australia
- Rugby league in Australia
Basketball in Australia
Cricket in Australia
Field hockey in Australia
Golf in Australia
Motorsport in Australia
Netball in Australia
Pickleball in Australia
Skiing in Australia
Swimming in Australia
- Swimming Australia
- List of Australian records in swimming
- Women's swimming in Australia
Tennis in Australia
Australian horse racing
Winter sport in Australia

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Australian Bureau of Statistics Population clock and pyramid". https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/population-clock-pyramid.
↑ "Australia". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. 2 July 2009. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/australia/.

External links

Wikimedia Atlas of Australia

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[ABS-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Australian Bureau of Statistics Population clock and pyramid". https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/population-clock-pyramid.

[CIA_World_Factbook-2] "Australia". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. 2 July 2009. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/australia/.

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